On 2019-07-20 08:30:41 +0000, Ubiquitous said:
> What did you watch?
Pandora (recorded) - "Shelter from The Storm" (ep. #1, the pilot).
This was a terrible pilot. What do I mean by this? I mean by the end
of the pilot it still felt like I knew absolutely *nothing* - TV pilots
are supposed to *explain* the set-up, but aside from one last-second
revelation about Our Heroine!(tm) (and another one about her new alien
"friend", which itself wasn't conclusive), I feel like I learned
absolutely nothing here, and still have basically no idea what's going
on.
I'll stick with this because it's summer, and I might as well. But
this is exactly the kind of show that would be torn to shreds by the
competition during the "regular TV season". Oh, and I definitely
*won't* be 'series passing' this one!...
"Better than 'The Outpost'"?! My ass!
soaps: DOOL - Kristen as Susan persistently sexually assaults Brady -
scenes like this are supposed to be "funny", I think, but I never find
stuff like this funny. :/ Gabi steals Xander's briefcase, but fails
to get inside (to find the "Nicole" mask!) - I think at the end, Brady
(of all people!) was in possession of the briefcase.
GH - More Shiloh drama!1! after he makes bail, thanks to his waiting
sucker, Daisy - later, he confronts "Harmony" in prison, but I was glad
to see her stand her ground. Jordan insists upon visiting EVOL!!1! Ryan
in prison, and this goes exactly like you expect it would. NuNina
apologizes to cutie-pie Willow, but then Chase breaks the bad news to
Willow that Shiloh is out on bail. There's a weird flashback scene at
the end where it's revealed that Shiloh wasn't really with Drew in
Afghanistan - he was with Jason-as-"Drew"!!
The Outpost (recorded) - "This Is One Strange Town" (ep. #2.2). I
didn't despise this episode as much as Fred did, but I agree that it
wasn't good.
First things first - they've added two new people to the main cast
as of this episode: Aaron Fontaine as Tobin, the boorish nobleman who
shows up with his army after Gwynn's plea for help (everyone else
turned her down in favor of the Prime Order...), and long-time actress
Glynis Barber as Gertrusha, who I think is Tobin's mother(?), and
definitely appears to be The Mistress's sister!
The good news is that Jake Stormoen is still credited, and Marshal
Wythers fails to find Garret's body. (The only thing I can think of is
that Stormoen got another acting gig simultaneous to season #2 of "The
Outpost", so they let him off the show for a while to go film that, and
he'll be back later...)
The main problem with this episode was less the "tone", and more
than very little was accomplished - this was pure wheel-spinning/set-up
episode. In the next episode, Talon will finally square off with the
EVOL!!1! Blackblood bitch, and hopefully she'll get the seer girl back.
The Wrong Mommy (LMN) - I'll bet dollars to donuts that this was
originally titled "The Wrong Assistant", because "The Wrong Mommy"
actually makes no sense for a title of this one!!
Aside from that, this was fine - Ashlynn Yennie makes a decent
psycho villain, and Jessica Morris makes for fully-believeable hapless
victim. The part I didn't like was no one believing Morris' character,
aside from the other assistants in her office.
Guidance (recorded off TeenNick) - I tried to watch ep. #1.3 of this
one, "The Suspects", but my recording cut off before the end of the
episode. So now I'm going to try to record the Sunday night reairings
of this show...
Recorded for later: Killjoys(!!).